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Date: Nov. 10, 2009 |
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WHO: Recipients: Coast Guard Station Seattle Presenter: Rear Admiral Gary Blore, Commander, 13th Coast Guard District WHAT: Presentation of Sumner I. Kimball Award WHEN: Thursday Nov. 12, 2009, 8:30 a.m. WHERE: U.S. Coast Guard Base Pier 36 *** Media interested in attending can contact Lt. Jennifer Osburn at (206) 217-6623*** SEATTLE – Coast Guard Station Seattle personnel will be presented the Sumner I. Kimball Award at U.S. Coast Guard Base Pier 36 at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Rear Admiral Gary Blore, Commander, 13th Coast Guard District, will present the award for the unit's exceptional readiness posture. The Sumner I. Kimball Award recognizes the achievement of high readiness of shore unit boats and personnel through an inspection of vessel conditions and survival systems, performance of underway drills and examination of unit training programs. While the Coast Guard maintains a high readiness posture, only 10 percent of shore-based boat force units earn the Kimball Award each year. The award is named for Sumner I. Kimball, the General Superintendent of the U.S. Life-Saving Service from 1878 to 1915. Kimball's accomplishments included organizing divided life-saving stations into unified, mission capable teams, which later became part of the U. S. Coast Guard in 1915." Media interested in attending can contact Lt. Jennifer Osburn Coast Guard Sector Seattle - (206) 217-6623 |
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